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(Headline USA) In Republicans' bid to retake control of Congress, this traditionally Democratic stretch of South Texas has quietly become a top battleground. After making unexpected gains last November, the GOP is zeroing in on a trio of House seats in the region as key targets heading into next year's midterm...

(Headline USA) Two more Texas lawmakers who left their state to hobble efforts to pass new election integrity measures have tested positive for the coronavirus, raising to five the number of infected people in the delegation. State Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer of San Antonio said in a statement Sunday that he...

(Headline USA) The official list of who's running in California's recall election of Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom remained unsettled Sunday, with conservative talk radio host Larry Elder maintaining he should be included and state officials giving no details as to why he wasn't. Secretary of State spokeswoman Jenna Dresner said...

(Headline USA) A stone statue of a Confederate general was hoisted by a crane and removed from a pedestal where it stood for 99 years in front of a city hall in south Louisiana. The Advertiser posted video of the work that happened a day after United Daughters of the...

(Headline USA) Former President Donald Trump's well-supported claims of a stolen election are being heard in the battleground state of Pennsylvania. A Republican state lawmaker, bolstered by campaign trail support from top Republican candidates for governor and U.S. Senate, has launched a push for a "forensic investigation" of the presidential...

(Headline USA) President Joe Biden's proposal to hire 87,000 new IRS tax collectors to crack down on tax evasion and help fund a nearly $1 trillion bipartisan spending bill is officially off the table, Republican Sen. Rob Portman said Sunday. Portman, who is involved in negotiating the bill, cited "pushback"...

(Associated Press) Republican House Reps. Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Greene held a protest Saturday after a third venue in California canceled their event. Instead, they held a protest outside City Hall in Riverside, where one of the events was canceled. Allies of Gaetz and Greene say the events were cancelled due to...

(Headline USA) President Joe Biden said Saturday that the Justice Department intends to appeal a federal judge's ruling deeming illegal an Obama-era program that has protected hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from deportation and he renewed his calls for Congress to create a permanent solution. He said in a...

(Associated Press) President Joe Biden said Friday that social media companies are “killing people” by failing to police misinformation on their platforms about COVID-19 vaccines. Biden’s comments came a day after U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared misinformation about the vaccines a threat to public health, and as U.S. officials advised...

(Headline USA) A federal judge in Texas on Friday ordered an end to an Obama-era program that prevented the deportations of some immigrants brought into the United States as children. It comes as Democrats in Congress are unveiling their plan to attempt amnesty for some 6 million illegals---including many DACA...

As new fearmongering emerged from reports of "mutant" coronavirus strains, President Joe Biden found him in a position similar to his predecessor, trying to downplay the health crisis and emphasize the limitations of his ability to combat the persistent vaccine hesitance responsible for the summer backslide. But despite having a...

(Headline USA) The Biden administration is reversing a Trump-era rule approved after the former president complained he wasn’t getting wet enough because of limits on water flow from showerheads. Now, with a new president in office, the Energy Department is going back to a standard adopted in 2013, saying it knows best...